Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-28
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
The British Parliament is Opened and
the Usual Address from the
Throne is Read.
No Aliusion is Made to the Canadian
Fisheries-The Defeat of Goschen
Great Card for the GIadstonians
PARLIAMENT IN SESSION

u to-day. The following is the Queens
:, speech:
a My LORDS AND GENTIEMEN-My rels
= tons with sll foreign powers are friendly
l Affairs in southeastern Europe are still
3 unsettled, but 1 do not spprehend that
: any disturbance of the European peace
will result from the controversies which
have arisen in that region. While de-
ploring the events which compelled Prince
9 Alexander to retire from the Bulgarian
throne, have not judged it eXpedient to
interfere with the proceedings for the
election of q successor until they reach a
stage at which my assent is required by
the Berlin treaty.
The task undertaken b. my government
in Egypt has not yet been accomplished,
, but substantial advance has been made
towards the assurance of external and in
ternal tranquility.
The operations in Burmah have been
conducted with bravery and skill for the
purpose of eXtirpating brigandage, which
has grown during the recent years of mis-
government. The bands of marauderS
by whom upper Burmah has long been
infested have been dispersed. Many
leaders have laid down their arms, and
entertain conf ent hope that general paci-
tication of the country will DE effected
during the present season.
Gentlemen of the House OF Commons,
estimates will Oe submitted to you framed
with careful regard to economy and eff
cheney of the public service.
My lords and gentlemen, the condition
of Ireland still requires your anxious at
tentiOn. Grave crimes in that country
happily have been rarer in the last few
months than during a similar period of the
preceding years, but the relations between
the owners and ocCupiers of land which
in the early autumn exhibited signs of
improvement have since been seriously
disturbed in some districts by organized
attempts to incite the latter class to COM
bine against the fulfillment of their legal
Obligations. The efforts of the govern
ment to cope with this evil have been Sc
riously impeded by difficulties incident to
| the method at present prescribed
| by the statute for dealing with
such Offenses. Your early attention will
De called to proposals for the reform
OF legal procedure which seems necessary
to secure prompt and efficient admins
tration of the criminal laws. Since
last addressed you the commissioners
directed to inquire into certain subjects
OF great importance to the material vel
fare of Ireland have been actively prose-
cutting their labOrs.
A bill for altering the mode of levying
tithes in England and Wales will be sub
mitted.
Measures dealing with the regulation of
railway rates and preventing the fraudu-
lent use of merchandise marks will be
I do
In the performance of these and all
other momentous duties 1 earnestly pray
that the blessing of Almighty God may
attend your labors.
The Parnellites after the reading of the |
Queens speech held conference and |
discussed the ACCESSIBILITY of Offering an
amendment to the address in reply to it. |
They adjourned without coming to de-
cision.
w. II. Smith, First Lord of the Treas
ury, gave notice in the House of Com
mons of the governments intention
to introduce measures for the reform of
the rules of parliamentary procedure
and said he would ask facilities for giving
precedence to the consideration of these
measures so they may be at once discuss
ed from day to day.
Mr.. Gladstone reached the House at
80. He was greeted with great enthu-
siasm by the people on the way from his
residence.
Mr. Parnell entered the House and
reached his seat unobserved.
BY SEVEN VOTES.
LIVERPOOL, Jan. 27.-The official vote
in yesterdays parliamentary election in
the Exchange division shows that
G0sChen, Chancellor Of the EXchequer.
was defeated by seven votes. The vote
was: Neville, Gladstoneite, 32l7; Goschen,
32IO.
GLADSTONIANs JUBILANT.
LONDON, Jan. 27.-The defeat of Mr.
GosChen is felt by the members of the
Carlton Club to be great party disaster.
All the clubs were crowded at late hour
last night, and there vas much excite
ment over the result of the election. The
absence of GoscheE from the House of
Commons leaves the government in an
awkward position. EveN if he should be |
provided with an uIcoutested seat he can
not sit in the House for the next ten days
and during that period there will proba- =
bly, be critical debates and divisions. The. G
have not yet decided WHIST
shall be their line of action on the address
in reply to the Queens speech. They will S
meet on Friday to determine their course
The Parnellites will move an amendment '
to the address if Mr.. Gladstone fails to do 8
so.
JEW AND GENTLE EQUAL.
PEsTH, Jan. 27.-During the debate on y
The budget in the Lower House of the =
Diet to-day, Premier Won +
lisa declared amid reclamation that no 7
one wished for war with Russia. Re- :,
erring to remark by an anti-semitic
Deputy the Premier sustained in emphatic
language the principle that Jew and 9
Christian are entitled to equal rights.
HOME TO TELL TALES.
VIENNA, Jan. 27.-Colonel Klepsch,
military attache to the Austro- Hungarian
embassy st st. Petersburg, arrived here q
o-day and was Immediately summoned Il
% an audience with the Emperor aud Il
Count Kalnoky. 1t is surmised that the Il
object of his coming is to report on the a
Xtent of Russia's ornaments. a
THE SCENE IN THE COMMONS.
LONDON, Jan. 27.-As eirly as O'Clock
his morning members began to arrive in
he House of Commons so as to secure tc
.ood seats. The scenes at the opening d.
# Parliament were duller than those NJ
which usually attend that event. The m
rounds obout tho huiIdinoc Sborad 1it+1a